It seems improbable that MOH would renew their Contracts when they expires in June 2023.......Besides, they have lost Bankers' support and most probably their Credit Lines, coupled with Suppliers are hesitant to allow more Credits, given the difficulty for payments and the delays.....
I predict MOH will extend contract for another 2 years to avoid supply interruption to GH. It is also help LTAT to answer pensioned soldiers with a not so bad result. One of the good news is Bstead is near to success to privatization and hence can back Pharma for financing as guarantor without hassle.
Yes, I too believe its a gone case. I am sorry to say this. Come next month when the suppliers received partial payment or none, it's operations will start to crumble. I doubt they have reasonable fund for its working capital. I hope I am proven wrong.
MOH set to extend Pharma Concession, details still unknown yet. But it's still not out of the woods.....Debts challenges and Bankers' Credit lines woes.
Covid cases are going up globally again. Maybe Pharma can clear more vaccine stock out for profit as stock already written down to zero value? Got in at $0.345.
Just for 1 wk short term trading, not for investment. The recent covid surge may have bumped up Glove stocks in last 2 wks so the same may happen for vaccine stocks too.
Pharma today is up with high vol for first day only since 5/4 and already formed a higher low. A break above 0.355 should be positive to target 0.40 followed by 0.44 major resistance to close the gap.
Dr Zaliha confirms 10-year extension medical supply deal with Pharmaniaga
savemalaysia Publish date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023, 04:54 PM KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — The Health Ministry today confirmed it is extending a logistics and distribution concession with Pharmaniaga Berhad to supply the government with medicine for 10 more years.
The local pharmaceutical company was previously given a conditional agreement for 10 years in January last year, which was subject to terms and conditions that were initially supposed to be finalised before last December 31.
The deadline was then extended to June this year.
“We really need them and it is our responsibility to try and help them since it’s a GLC,” Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said, using the initials for government-linked company.
Pharmaniaga was previously under the financially troubled PN17 category on Bursa Malaysia after posting RM607.32 million for the financial year that ended December 31, 2022 against a net profit of RM172.15 million in 2021.
The company had attributed it to the RM552 million provision for “slow-moving stocks of Covid-19 vaccines”.
Dr Zaliha was speaking at Zecon Hotel in Cheras after attending a town hall session on a proposed Health White Paper.
She also advised the public to return expired or unused medical drugs to any hospital instead of throwing them away indiscriminately as they could harm the environment.
She said it will incur extra cost for the government if medicines are not disposed of properly.
“The incurred cost for this will be around RM2,000 to RM3,000.
“In MOH we have a system to dispose of drugs properly. There is a Pharmacy Department that acts on the matter,” she said.
“We really need them and it is our responsibility to try and help them since it’s a GLC,” Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said, using the initials for government-linked company.
That means govt will not let it fail and his statement should be a booster shot in the arm (share price) for Pharma.
Please read.im right.it go pass 35 cents and close at 37.5 cents.pass resistance the first time and go back below.it supported at 28 cents.tht the chance.boom it went to 37.5 cents today. 18/4/23 5.15pm Price 29 Resistance:29.5cents Support: 28.0 cents Breach resistance 35 cents 15/3/23 4.44pm
The 10 years concession extension is the only superficial lifeline they have to show currently. The hard truth is the company needs strong financial muscles to remain a going-concern entity. Is a Rights Issue, loan stock or bonds in the pipeline? Getting the extension will see the long journey to recovery. Price-wise is anyone's guess.
@RWG...Pharmaniaga is over-geared. See its Losses & Short-term financial obligations against its capital. Not forgetting it is also starring at another 1.16 millions of its vaccine expiring soon. Pharmaniaga too faces constraints to further borrowings due to BNM's rules. I would say the ultimate shareholder LTAT too hate rights issue.
As i had mentioned months b4, extension of contract is the cheapest way of gov bail out. It is just a piece of paper and it could raise market confident on Pharma.
If price keep raising, you may expect right issue. If price keep pressing low, you may expect privation but it is highly unlikely.
Whatever it is, the rights issue will happen as the company lacks working capital. Shareholders' funds are negative. Any more stocks of vaccines to write off going forward? 0 seconds ago
This is forum where everyone can express pro n con. Prove your point here, not ask other to shut up when some1 is sharing his point of view. We all are adult know how to behave.
i would like to comment sikit on the "think tank" comment in FMT link sent by Bob above. Pharma did excellent for the past twenty years to supply medi etc to GH. For the past ten years when it is relist in Bursa, it is profit and gave out good dividend. It incurs heavy lost and supply poor quality equipment happen under the previous president and MD who were appointed during PN regime. We should not condemn and conclude Pharma model is a bad practice for two bad years. What we must look into is the appointment of top gun in GLC. How you appointed a person from Energy sector to manage a pharmaceutical co?
By taking Boustead private & the sale of Affin Bank to the Sarawak state government , I believe LTAT have resorted to Fire Sale of its assets to trim the debt level at both Boustead & Pharmaniaga. Don't be surprised if the proceed from the fire sales will be used to re-capitalise both the companies. More fire sales will be in progress but don't expect to read about it, especially now that Boustead is going private.
Who said Malaysia is depending solely on Pharmaniaga? Who said our healthcare is vulnerable because of Pharmaniaga? Only one: Galen Centre amnya and Azrul Mohd Khalib secara khususnya. Do you know who is Galen Centre?
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It seems improbable that MOH would renew their Contracts when they expires in June 2023.......Besides, they have lost Bankers' support and most probably their Credit Lines, coupled with Suppliers are hesitant to allow more Credits, given the difficulty for payments and the delays.....
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